How it works
“Science is proving what we’ve always intuitively known: nature does good things to the human brain—it makes us healthier, happier, and smarter.” — David Gessner, Nature Writer
Emotional care feels less “clinical” when we are in the great outdoors. Resetting our emotional compasses helps us navigate life with more confidence and care.
Does it get results?
Trailtalk is measuring its impact on our client’s emotional health.
We want to know if our therapylite® model of care is effective so we are improving our tracking system, joining an evidenced based research study, and adding in follow up measurements at 6 week intervals.
Our easy to complete IPAD questionnaires will help us evaluate how we are doing to help you.
We use the YOQ and OQ measurement tools created by Dr. Burlingame. See these links to understand how Trailtalk is measuring our own performance in order to improve our client’s lives.
Evidence Informed Care
Anxiety, Depression Can Be Eased with 150 Minutes of Exercise a Week
Researchers say exercising for 150 minutes a week can help ease mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression. They …
Healthline
For Veterans, Outdoor Therapy Could Become Law
A bill introduced to Congress on May 1 could make outdoor recreation an official treatment option for veterans suffering from …
Outside Magazine
Why Walking Matters—Now More Than Ever
Why does walking make us feel good? We all know that a satisfying stroll changes our outlook. Perhaps we realize …
Wall Street Journal
Why some practitioners of walk-and-talk therapy think it is especially helpful for teens
“(Patients) welcome the humanizing effect of taking therapy outdoors and are typically hoping to multitask by incorporating their therapy session …
Washington Post
Lack Of Sunshine In Winter Can Trigger Potentially Dangerous Mental Health Issues, Doctors Say
The lack of sunshine in the winter increases the risk for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) — a form of depression. …
CBS Philly, by By Stephanie Stahl
Hate the Idea of Going to Therapy? Do it While You Run
Another therapist grasps the Trailtalk concept with outdoor therapy and is featured in Runner’s World.
Runner's World
Scottish Doctors Are Now Issuing Prescriptions to Go Hiking
BY JUSTIN HOUSMAN | OCTOBER 22, 2018 It just so happens that doctors are increasingly starting to realize time spent outdoors can …
Adventure Journal
Science Agrees: Nature is Good For You
Check out this curated source of articles with a brief introduction to the science of Forest Therapy: – A curated …
Nature and Forest Therapy
Want to be more creative? Go for a walk.
When trying to come up with a new idea, we all have times when we get stuck. But according to …
Marily Oppezzo | TEDxStanford
What Your Therapist Doesn’t Know
Big Data has transformed everything from sports to politics to education. It could transform mental-health treatment, too—if only psychologists would …
The Atlantic
The Nature Cure
Why some doctors are writing prescriptions for time outdoors… The first time J. Phoenix Smith told me that soil has healing …
The Atlantic
This Is Your Brain on Nature
When we get closer to nature—be it untouched wilderness or a backyard tree—we do our overstressed brains a favor…
National Geographic
How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain
A walk in the park may soothe the mind and, in the process, change the workings of our brains in …
New York Times
It’s Time for Doctors to Prescribe Outdoor Therapy
Here is more supporting evidence that being outside has positive psychological and physiological benefits from Outside Magazine. “Studies have …
Outside Magazine
Books by Richard Louv that explain how nature heals.
This selection of books explains how nature helps heal.
Richard Louv
Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature
A Stanford-led study finds quantifiable evidence that walking in nature could lead to a lower risk of depression Feeling down? …
Standford University
Taking A Walk In Nature Could Be The Best Thing You Do For Your Mood All Day
When you’re feeling a deluge of negative emotions, you know that it can be helpful to “walk it off.” And …
Huffington Post
Wilderness therapy as a treatment
The Journal of Mental Health Counseling explores wilderness therapy as a treatment modality for at-risk youth: a primer for mental …
Journal of Mental Health Counseling
Is Time Outdoors the Key to Helping Veterans Overcome PTSD?
This article on goodtherapy.org explores how outdoors (ecotherapy) can help veterans overcome PTSD. September 21, 2015 • By Abbie Hausermann, …
Good Therapy
